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Oliver Genschow

@olivergenschow.bsky.social
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Psychological Scientist at Leuphana University Lüneburg; I study person perception, imitation, mimicry, and free will beliefs; Editor at In-Mind magazine | de.in-mind.org | www.automatic-imitation.com

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Center for Open Science has officially incorporated in the EU by opening a (virtual) office in Brussels. More information on this important step is in this post. www.cos.io/blog/a-new-c...
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A New Chapter for COS in Europe
The Center for Open Science (COS) has officially established an independent subsidiary organization in Brussels, Belgium. This presence gives COS flexibility to engage with European institutions, orga...
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Computationally formalising a verbal theory is an eye-opening experience because it forces you to openly state all the assumptions that the theory rest on
The XKCD  Dependency meme
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
📦✨ The first printed copies of our pop-science book on Open Science have arrived! With Marko Sarstedt, dsiegfried1.bsky.social, Meikel Neumann, @susanne-adler.bsky.social & Monika Imschloss, we take readers on a journey through the “Open Science Land”. 👉Open access: expedition-open-science.org
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
How should psychological mechanisms be investigated? In a commentary in European Psychologist, @ja.ncrusi.us and I argue that while valid measurement is important, researchers should not forget taking into account experimental manipulations. 👉 econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
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Commentary to Kaiser and Wilson (2026): Don’t Forget the Power of Experimental Manipulation: Addressing Dilemmas in Investigating Mechanisms: European Psychologist: Vol 31, No 1
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Bruine de Bruin et al. (2021) proposed alternative climate terms to ease laypeople’s understanding of climate change. In a recent paper, we find: Not all terms improve understanding nor do they increase intentions to act sustainably. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Scicom #ClimateChange
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How the phrasing of climate change terminology impacts people’s understanding and their intention to behave sustainably - Climatic Change
Climatic Change - A recent study by Bruine de Bruin, Clim Change 167, 2021 investigated how well laypeople understand eight key termini of climate change that are commonly used in IPCC reports...
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
We looking for a PhD-student (75%, 3 years) on social-cognition @leuphana.bsky.social. Topic: Perception-action coupling (person perception, imitation, free-will belief, etc.). Methods: Surveys, observations, reaction-times, neuro-physiology 📅 Apply by 31.12.2025 🔗 Details: tinyurl.com/bdf8ebpr
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Research Assistant (m/f/d) PhD student
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JESP @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Can reading one article change your belief in free will? New studies say maybe—but the effect doesn’t last. Our beliefs might be more resilient than they seem New work by @olivergenschow.bsky.social @protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social 💡
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a man pointing to a sign that says believe
ALT: a man pointing to a sign that says believe
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JESP @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Check out some new science!! 👀
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Do messages claiming free will doesn’t exist actually shift people's beliefs? Our @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social paper finds believe reductions over a week—but only when the context of reporting beliefs is the same as when reading text. w/ @protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yb3y4ahs
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Does reading an anti-free will text affect beliefs related to free will over time? — A registered report
Scientists debate how the public would react when anti-free will messages are communicated in the media. Taking part in this debate, social psychologi…
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Balancing academia, family, and personal health can be tough. A year ago, I started jogging once a week to pick up my kids from daycare—fun for them & good for me (at least until they get heavier 😅). More about combining academia with family at the Parenthesis blog: parenthesis-blog.de
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🎓Leuphana University Lüneburg (@leuphana.bsky.social) offers 6 PhD scholarships in #psychology with the focus on how psychology connects with sustainable transformation on individual, collective & systemic levels. Deadline: Oct 1, 2025 ℹ️ Details: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
What a great end of a fantastic #FGSP2025 conference @ruhr-uni-bochum.de organized by @hansalves.bsky.social and @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social. We will give our best to organize a similarly good #FGSP3027 conference in Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social in 2 years.
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Pursuing a career in academy while having a family can be challenging! @rolandimhoff.bsky.social presented a poster about this challenge at the current #FGSP2025 conference. More insights can be found on the following blog: parenthesis-blog.de
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
@hansalves.bsky.social and @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social kicking off the #FGSP2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. I'm very much looking forward to inspiring talks and discussions over the next couple of days.
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Today, the #AOWI2025 conference at @leuphana.bsky.social kicked off with an @de.in-mind.org writing workshop among others.
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
What can be learned from the so-called replication crisis in psychological science? In a recent publication, we summarize the open science movement in a fairytale and explore how business research can profit from it. @susanne-adler.bsky.social @dsiegfried1.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s414...
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This interesting project found a positive association of individual victimhood and both general and specific conspiracy beliefs within different countries, though this association varied across countries. Thank you for involving me in this project, Daniel Toribio-Flórez & @marlephie.bsky.social
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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... 1/8 🧵
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Victims of Conspiracies? An Examination of the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Dispositional Individual Victimhood
Conspiracy beliefs have been linked to perceptions of collective victimhood. We adopt an individual perspective on victimhood by investigating the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and the indi....
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Are you passionate about how individuals and societies transform? Join the Psychology of Transformation PhD program at Leuphana University (Germany) and explore psychological questions about change and sustainability, and human development @leuphana.bsky.social 👉 www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
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Psychology of Transformation
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
There is only this week left to apply for the Phd-position (75%; 4 yrs) about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social.
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Leuphana Universität Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We are hiring 14 early-career researchers! In the programme “Embracing Transformation” researchers investigate what transformation is and how it can be successfully shaped. Find out more: www.leuphana.de/en/portals/e...
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Daniela Mier @danielamier.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Psychotherapeut:innen gesucht! Ab September haben wir weitere Stellen in unserer Hochschulambulanz zu vergeben. Alles wichtigen Infos stehen in der Ausschreibung. Ich freue mich über Fragen auf Bluesky oder per Email und natürlich über Bewerbungen :-)! stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9...
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Psychologische*r Psychotherapeut*in (w/m/d)
Bewerberfrist: 22.06.2025
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
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Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Especially since I have kids myself, I kept on wondering whether the sequence in which siblings are born influences their personality. New research suggests that sibling order has rather small effects on personality.
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Kim Doell @kimdoell.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally. Contribute & co-author: 🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com 📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni... #EnvironmentalPsychology
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Der Parenthesis Blog ist an der #teap2025 mit einem Poster vertreten. Der Blog illustriert anhand individueller Karrierewege, ob und wie eine wissenschaftliche Karriere mit Familie vereinbar sein kann. Erfahrungsberichte können hier nachgelesen werden: parenthesis-blog.de @teap2025.bsky.social
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Celia Heyes @celiaheyes.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
ChatGPT says I coined the term ‘automatic imitation’. I'm not sure that's true, but this book is a fine survey of the state of the art. Open access. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Automatic Imitation
Book brings together leading researchers from various domains to provide readers with a recent overview of developments in automatic imitation research.
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Finally, the hard copy version of the book on automatic imitation, @craccoemiel.bsky.social and I edited, has arrived. We're glad the book is also available as open access via the following link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Currently, I'm working on a new lecture on cogntive psychology. In this lecture, I would like to do several class demonstration/class experiments. Based on your experiences, which topics work very very well for such kind of experiments?
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Science Slam @scienceslam.de · 07/02/2025
Nie wieder einen Science Slam verpassen! 🎤 Unser Newsletter zeigt dir, wo die nächsten Science Slams stattfinden, versorgt dich mit fesselnden Videos von Science-Slam-Vorträgen und Updates in Sachen Social Media. Lass dir das nicht entgehen! 👇 www.scienceslam.de/newsletter/
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Lasst Euch regelmäßig von uns über alle Veranstaltungen informieren!
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Mareike Westfal recently developed and validated an online version of the imitation-inhibition task. This allows even researcher with few programming experiences to assess imitative behavior online. Together with @ja.ncrusi.us @craccoemiel.bsky.social link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758...
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Validation of an online imitation-inhibition task
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Das sind die aktuelle Forderungen der @dgps.bsky.social zur anstehenden Bundestagswahl
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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🚨 New funded PhD position at UCL 🚨 Funding is provided for a PhD student in our new centre to help work with Fiona Zisch & Sean Hanna to apply agent-based-modelling to analyse the crazy data set from 100+ people navigating a giant maze in PEARL. See details: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/arc...
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
@craccoemiel.bsky.social and I are excited that our edited book on #AutomaticImitation is now published online as open access @SpringerPsych. The chapters cover sections on measures, processes, and consequences of diverse forms of automatic imitation. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Automatic Imitation
Book brings together leading researchers from various domains to provide readers with a recent overview of developments in automatic imitation research.
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
For the next half of a year, I'm on parental leave. I'm glad that spending so much time with the family is possible in Germany. This is my office for the next couple of months 👇
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Tobias Rothmund @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social · 22/07/2024
Wer ist warum empfänglich für Dynamiken der Rechtsradikalisierung? Diese Frage treibt gerade viele Menschen um. Psychologische Antworten liefert unser neues Buch.👇Ich glaube es ist sehr gut geworden. 😉 shop.kohlhammer.de/psychologie-...
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
There is just one week left to apply for the PhD-position in our project (together with @ja.ncrusi.us and @craccoemiel.bsky.social) on imitative behavior at the Leuphana University Lüneburg.
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 12/06/2024
Job alert: Together with @ja.ncrusi.us and @craccoemiel.bsky.social, I am looking for a PhD (75%; 3 years) on a @dfgpublic.bsky.social funded project on the topic of imitative behavior at the Leuphana University Lüneburg. The position starts in February 2025. www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
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Research Assistant / PhD student (m/f/d) in research project on imitative behavior
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 06/06/2024
I feel super honored to have been a supervisor of Mareike Westfal's dissertation on automatic imitation together with @ja.ncrusi.us. What a great defense this was today! Congratulations, Mareike!
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Jan Crusius @ja.ncrusi.us · 22/05/2024
📣Job offer: I'm looking for a postdoc interested in emotion, motivation, and/or social psychology. German not required and much flexibility. Thanks for sharing! Happy to answer questions. More information: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...
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Teaching and Research Assistant - Institute of Psychology 24/Sa14
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In-Mind: Psychology for You! @in-mindmagazine.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
Many people believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. On the other hand, intermittent fasting, which often involves deliberately skipping breakfast, is becoming increasingly popular. Christoph Bamberg explains how this fits together. www.in-mind.org/blog/post/br...
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day…or is it? | Other | the InMind blog | In-Mind
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Dr. Laura M. König @lauramkoenig.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
Warum braucht gute #WissKomm gute WissKomm-Forschung? Wie sich mein Engagement bei @de.in-mind.org und meine Forschung bereichern habe ich mit dem Publikum der #WissKon24 geteilt. Ihr könnt es jetzt online nachhören: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNk5... @wisskon.bsky.social @nawik.de @univie.ac.at
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WissKon24: Prof. Dr. Laura M. König – Warum gute Wisskomm gute Wisskomm-Forschung braucht
Dies ist ein Mitschnitt der Keynote von Prof. Dr. Laura M. König bei der WissKon24 am 19. April 2024 zum Thema „Warum gute Wisskomm gute Wisskomm-Forschung b...
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Roland Imhoff @rolandimhoff.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
Neue Beiträge auf parenthesis-blog.de - Blog zu Vereinbarkeit von Wissenschaft und Familie: Instrumente zur Förderung | Schulferien | Lifehacks | Vorankommen in der Karriere | Außerhalb der Arbeitszeiten | Auslandsaufenthalte mit Kindern @ja.ncrusi.us @olivergenschow.bsky.social
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
In a registered report @craccoemiel.bsky.social, Roman Liepelt, Marcel Brass, and myself found weak evidence for the idea that automatic imitation is influenced by animacy belief­—i.e., the belief of whether the other person’s hand is (non)human. econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...
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WissKon @wisskon.bsky.social · 08/04/2024
„Warum gute #Wisskomm gute Wisskomm-Forschung braucht” – damit wird sich Prof. Dr. @lauramkoenig.bsky.social von der @univie.ac.at in ihrer Keynote bei der #WissKon24 am 19. April 2024 auseinandersetzen.  www.nawik.de/wisskon/die-...
Bild von Prof. Dr. Laura M. König. Sie wird bei der WissKon24 am 19. April 2024 eine Keynote zur Frage „Warum gute WissKomm gute WissKomm-Forschung braucht” halten. Das Foto ist rund ausgeschnitten, der Hintergrund ist gelb und enthält das WissKon-Logo. 
Foto: © Jürgen Rennecke
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Hans Alves @hansalves.bsky.social · 08/04/2024
Come join us for a three year PhD position on Evaluative Conditioning in our group at the Ruhr Uni Bochum. Primary advisor is @moritzingendahl.bsky.social jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
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3-year PhD position (75%) in Social Cognition
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Malte Friese in the house! What a great talk on sexual motivation at Leuphana University!
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Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
No place for racism! What a great campaign at Lüneburg!
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Experimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
There’s a moral asymmetry in free will attributions. People think you have more free will when you do bad things than when you do good things. But why? Previously, there were two rival explanations for this effect. Then today, a new one just came out
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